Found Poem

A "found poem" is a poem that you FIND. You can find it in a billboard on a highway or in the text of a magazine article. You can find it on the back of a cereal box or in the subtitles of a foreign film. It must be the complete and actual text. That's my rule anyway. Some people pick and choose more but I believe it must be the exact wording to be a true found poem. The secret is that you make it a poem by line breaking it. Plus, it should be a little bit poetic. Or odd. Or surprising. Or funny. Or just beautiful. I found one today. I found it in the "info" file in my favorites under "Movie ratings for kids." it's a rather cool site that rates the sex/gore/profanity levels of movies. I check it out from time to time when I'm going to rent a movie for Jay. Today I was looking up Napoleon Dynamite. Here is my found poem.....


SEX/NUDITY 3

A woman gets off a bus, looks
at a man waiting for her, she runs to him
and they kiss (we hear smacks).
A woman takes off
a man's glasses, looks at him
suggestively
and they play footsie under the table.
A woman kisses a man
on the cheek a few times. Young men
and young women dance together
at a school dance. A young man asks
another young man
if his girlfriend is "hot." Two young men talk
about "hookin' up with chicks."
A young man touches
a young woman's hand and then pulls away.
A man touches another man's knee
and they both jump
and move away from each other.
Two young men talk about asking young women
to a dance. A young man dances on a stage
thrusting his hips several times.
Five young women wearing short skirts
that reveal bare legs
dance on a stage. A woman wears
a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage,
and young women wear evening gowns
that reveal bare shoulders
and backs. A man tries to sell
an herbal product that claims
to enhance women's breast size. We see
the engorged udders
of a cow.